Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Joseph W. Winters (1816-1916)
Drawing of Sarah E. Goode's Cabinet Bed
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Sarah E. Goode (c.1855?-1905)
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Claudius William Rice (ca. 1892-1973)
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Sharon Lafaye Jones (1956–2016)

Explore Global African History

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(1900) The Uganda Agreement
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Marie-Joseph dite Angelique (1700-1734)
Approximate rendering of the flag
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(1967) Biafra’s Declaration of Independence
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(1964) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “Tribalism: A Pragmatic Instrument for National Unity”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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A Brief History of the San Diego NAACP, 1917-2007
Fighting For Freedom, Fighting Against the Bomb Book Cover
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Fighting For Freedom, Fighting Against the Bomb: African Americans and the Campaign for a Nuclear-Free World, 1945-
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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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